Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proportionable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-por-tion-able
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional.

adj

In the correct proportion; proportional; commensurable.

Etymology

Etymology tree English proportion Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English proportionable From proportion + -able.

Inflected Forms

more proportionable (comparative) most proportionable (superlative)

Derived Forms

disproportionable improportionable proportionableness proportionably

Antonyms

unproportionable

Questions

What does proportionable mean?: Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional.
Where does proportionable come from?: Etymology tree English proportion Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English proportionable From proportion + -able.

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